learning pool presentation: maximising the usage of your dle forums
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Learning Pool presentation from the webinar 'Maximising the usage of your DLE forums'.TRANSCRIPT
Maximising the usage of your DLE forums
How this works
• Presentation from Dave• Demonstration from Aine• Questions – type them in!• Polls• What happens next
What we’ll cover
• What are web forums?• How can they be used• Making them a success• How they work in the DLE
What are web forums?
Defining forums• All about conversations• Asynchronous (not live)• Archiving• Structure (forums/topics/threads)• User hierarchy (mods and admins)
Some common features• User profiles• Avatars• Rankings• Quoting• Files, media
Where you’ll find them• Standalone forums• Attached to a content driven site• Part of a social network• Within another application
Examples of forums
Using forums in e-learning
Forums in e-learning• Asking questions and clarifying learning points• Discussing issues to enhance understanding• Post course support• Discussion of related issues
Making a success of forums
You need to:• Have someone looking after it• Have a purpose• Recognise contributions• Encourage recruitment• Seed content• Let debate happen
Over to Aine
Question Time
What’s next?• Survey• We’ll send presentation and link to recording• Get in touch with your account manager to
find out more• Discuss with the rest of the community in our
forums!
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